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Fruitmarket the Cafeteria
45 Market St., adj. Waverley Station, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 226 1843
Fruitmarket café (bijou Edinburgh
art restaurant) attached to Edinburgh's leading independent modern art gallery
and art bookshop, by Richard Murphy Architects.
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Pizza Express Restaurant
23 North Bridge, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 557 6411
Typical quality chain interior, but with daylight to rear - by Malcolm Fraser
Architects.
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The
Tun Bar & Cafe
Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 557 9297
The Tun or for general interest edinburgh
old town
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Borough
Hotel - Restaurant
72-80 Causewayside, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 668 225
The Borough Hotel is by Ben Kelly Architects,
designers of Manchester's Dry 201 and Hacienda Nightclub: for Callison Eaton,
the owner of the trendy City Cafe in Blair Street.
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The
Tower Restaurant
Museum of Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 225 3003
The Tower restaurant has views from the
Terrace to the Castle and from the restaurant to the Old Town roofscape.
Pricey but great terrace when it's calm and the sun shines.
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The
Witchery by the Castle
incl. The Secret Garden
352 Castlehill, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 225 5613
Witchery Edinburgh review |
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Mills
Mount Café
The Castle, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 225 9746
see Edinburgh Castle
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Beluga
30a Chambers St, opposite Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 624 4545
Beluga Restaurant
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Hub
The Hub, Castlehill (top of Royal Mile), Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 473 2067
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Metro
Restaurant
Apex Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 474 3466
Metro Edinburgh is a triple-height modern
white-painted timber-floored basement restaurant with street-level bar by
Ian Springford Architects: opened 2000. The sense of space at Metro - great
views and sensitive use of materials - is impressive, and a big jump up
from the mundane restaurant at the top of the building.
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agua
restaurant
Apex City Hotel, 61 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
agua hotel by Ian Springford Architects,
as Apex Hotel & Metro above. agua restaurant was created by converting the
former Bank of Scotland's Uberior House office building into a four-star
hotel. Above the restaurant are 119 bedrooms including 3 suites, meeting
facilities and bar.
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Point
Hotel Restaurant
Bread St, Edinburgh.
+44 (0)131 221 5555
An Edinburgh Restaurant with real
atmosphere (influenced by Obecni Dom, Prague, and it shows) and competitively-priced
food. For details of refurbishment from old Co-op interior. Vibrant planes
of colour and wonderfully-clean modern lines let down at-times by ordinary
fittings (those brass rails for example), cutlery and service. Architects’
discount on rates: attractive, modern rooms by Andrew Doolan Architects.
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Monboddo’s
Bar
Bread St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 221 5555
Architects’ hang-out at the Point Hotel
also by Mr Doolan: stong colours lots of flush black linings and cool oval
bar. Monboddo's is let down by the fiddly and gaudy artwork at odds with
the minimal architecture. Glass spirits shelves easily get dusty and the
brushstroked orange bar bookends look dated. Needs a makeover to catch up
with the seriously refined Point Conference
Centre next-door-but-one.
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Traverse
Theatre: Café Bar
10 Cambridge St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 228 5383
The Traverse is reputedly the longest
bar in Edinburgh - downstairs, by Nicholas Groves-Raines Architects. More
a theatre bar than fine dining.
barcafe@traverse.co.uk
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The
Atrium
10 Cambridge St., Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 228 8882
The Atrium is an expensive, but excellent restaurant. Owner Andrew Radford
won The Macallan Taste of Scotland Award 1994.
info@atriumrestaurant.co.uk
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blue
10 Cambridge St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 221 1222
blue is a sedate, restrained contemporary interior with limited cream-coloured
palette set-off with blue. blue is by Andrea Faed Architects. Up the stairs
on left of the Traverse entrance; unusual views of internal courtyard by
others. blue is one of a number of Andrew Radford restuarants, including
The Atrium.
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Roti
73 Morrison St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 221 9998
Roti Restaurant in former
rogues restaurant premises
- cool interior concealed behind office
block exterior, part of Scottish Widows building
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Santini
8, Conference Square, off Lothian Road, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 221 7789
This Edinburgh restaurant, by Terry Farrell & Partners, on the ground floor
of the Sheraton
Health Club is sadly rather pedestrian compared to the spa above. Quite
expensive, high-quality Italian food but poor views. Includes a cheaper
cafe.
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Edinburgh
City Travel Inn
1 Morrison Link, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 228 9819
Another Doolan product - bar/restaurant. Edinburgh
City Travel Inn is a sister hotel of the Point Hotel.
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Hilton
Caledonian Hotel
Princes St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 222 8888
The Pompadour Restaurant
Exclusive red-sandstone clad former railway terminus hotel with
restaurants and bars. The Caledonian Hotel
isn't contemporary, but one half of the Victorian double-act with the Balmoral
(formerly North British or NB) Hotel, Edinburgh's class stalwarts. Edinburgh's
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Dean
Gallery: Cafe
73 Belford Rd., Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 624 6200
Compact wee café - Cafe Newton - under towering Paolozzi sculpture on ground
floor of the Dean Gallery:
the interior of this unusual Edinburgh Restaurant was designed by architect
Terry Farrell
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The
Bonham
35 Drumsheugh Gdns, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 226 6050
Beautiful Edinburgh restaurant: the Bonham
Hotel refurbishment was by Ron Galloway Architects, with lighting by
Jonathan Speirs & Associates
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No.27
Restaurant
27 Charlotte Sq, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 243 9339
Experience fine Scottish cuisine in orginal Georgian dining room. Restaurant
located in National Trust for Scotland property at Charlotte
Square
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Centotre
103 George Street, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 225 1550
Owned by Victor and Carina Contini, previously half of Valvona and Crolla:
Centotre Restaurant
+ reviews
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Zanzero
14-16 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 220 0333
Zanzero Restaurant
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Tonic
34a Castle St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 225 6431
Opened 2001: large cocktail list, celebrity hang-out. Organic spaces in
a dark palette, down off the street
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Oloroso
33 Castle St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 226 7614
Oloroso Restaurant
opened 2001, designed by Richard Murphy Architects. Superb restaurant and
pleinair terrace views towards Charlotte Square and across to Fife.
At the heart of the design is the Cocktail Bar with illuminated glass bartop,
rooflight and real flame fire. Off this sits a Lounge with views to Arthurs
Seat, and an exclusive Private Dining Room with views to the Castle. ITV
Chef of the Year 2001 Tony Singh is in the kitchen
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Weston
Link, RSA
Gallery Restaurant & Bar, run by Searcy's (London)
+44 (0)131 624 6580
The Weston Link includes
a 140-seat restaurant & 40-seat cafe bar, open daily. Three tiers of
the Weston Link restaurant view out through large expanses of glazing to
Princes Street Gardens. The Gallery café is open during gallery hours,
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rick's
eat:drink:sleep
55a Frederick St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 622 7800
New Town restaurant & bar - sensitive refurbishment by Malcolm Fraser Architects:
ricks edinburgh has a lovely
central lightwell, great materials + architect-designed furniture
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Harvey
Nichols
Forth Floor Restaurant, Brasserie & Bar
11-13 South St Andrew St, Edinburgh
+44 (0)131 524 8350
The raison d’ etre of the Harvey
Nichols restaurant is the view. Just like Oloroso, the aspect enlivens
the space and is the key force in the overall dynamic
Harvey Nichols Edinburgh
opening times
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No.1
downstairs at The Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes St
+44 (0)131 556 2414
Expensive quality dining in Balmoral
Hotel basement restaurant by chef Jeff Bland
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Hadrian’s
The Balmoral Hotel, 2 North Bridge
+44 (0)131 557 5000
Stylish restaurant from 1999 |
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Fisher's
1 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh: needs prior booking
+44 (0)131 554 5666
Darkly atmospheric pub with celebrated food - under the former 17thC Signal
Tower. Fisher's Restaurant
is a Leith institution and one of the famous Edinburgh restaurants. Booking
advised in advance
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Skipper's
1a Dock Pl, Leith: needs prior booking
+44 (0)131 554 1018
Quiet - again, non-contemporary - seafood restaurant. Skipper's is tucked
away near the Waterfront Bistro: included due to great reputation, but it's
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Martin
Wishart
54 The Shore, Leith: best to book
+44 (0)131 553 3557
Opened in 2000 in small, discreet premises: for sumptuous food in calm surroundings,
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Raj
Restaurant
87-91 Henderson St, Leith
+44 (0)131 553 3980
Great view down Water of Leith; quality Curry House, adj. Allan Murray Architects'
Coalhill Housing. Ordinary interior, authentic North Indian cuisine |
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Malmaison
Hotel
The Shore, Leith
+44 (0)131 468 5000
Former Seaman's Mission, restored in 1994 to make what has become a well
known Edinburgh restaurant, and hotel: Malmaison
Edinburgh + review
Cafe Bar / Brasserie - please call for bookings
brasserie +44 (0)131 468 5002
restaurant reservations +44 (0)131 468 5003 |
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